Tom Balcombe
Senior Go Software Engineer at Xiatech
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolTom Balcombe is a Senior Go Software Engineer based in Cardiff with six years’ experience building cloud-native integrations, data pipelines and operator-friendly infrastructure primarily on AWS using Terraform and Go. At Xiatech he progresses from junior to senior roles driving technical leadership, designing scalable end-to-end pipelines, mentoring peers, and owning key public repositories such as jsonata-go and a markdown-to-confluence GitHub Action he authored. He blends hands-on engineering with strong product collaboration—writing high- and low-level designs, establishing testing frameworks (LocalStack) and reusable Terraform modules to accelerate delivery. Previously he transitioned into software from data roles at EDF and Bristol Energy, where he automated ETL and upskilled teams in Python, giving him a pragmatic appreciation for both analytics and production systems. Colleague-of-the-month recognitions and repeated promotions reflect his ability to ship complete, well-tested solutions and lift the capability of teams around him.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
The Foundations of Being a Business Analyst, The Foundations of Being a Business Analyst at Business Analyst Academy at OVO EnergyBachelor of Science (BSc) Biology & Music Technology, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Biology & Music Technology at Bath Spa University
Japanese, English
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Github Skills (90)
atlassian10
golang10
jsonata10
confluence10
javascript9
markdown9
messaging9
programming-language9
interpreter9
streaming9
open-source9
libp2p9
ftp-client9
pubsub9
stateful-functions9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
tbal999/bb
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
a pubnix bulletin board
Contributions:109 commits, 8 PRs, 97 pushes in 1 year
bulletin-boardbulletinnodejstypescriptboard
xiatechs/markdown-to-confluence
Apr 2021 - Jul 2022
connects to github repositories and mirrors their documentation to atlassian confluence wiki
Contributions:24 releases, 6 reviews, 364 commits in 1 year 3 months
atlassian-confluencegithub-repositoriesrepositoriesconfluence-wikiconfluence
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